Meet the Team

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With over 16 years of experience in Behaviour Support, Karen loves supporting participants and their families. 

The idea for Different Lens came through Karen's interest in using video, literally using a "Different Lens" to understand and view an individual's behaviour. Karen is a neuro divergent affirming clinican who is currently being accredited under Dr Ross Greene's Collaborative Problem Solving Model.

Matt is a psychologist, and experienced Behaviour Support Practitioner, who provides leadership support within our organisation. Matt is the other half of our recruitment team. His focus on compliance, streamlining processes and new staff training, is valued within the organisation. Matt is committed to reducing restrictive practices for those he supports, and has had much success in this area. Matt is our Clinical Lead.

Nicole is a passionate, neuro-divergent-affirming practitioner with over 8 years of teaching experience in Special Education settings. With an education background in Psychology and Social Work, Nicole loves  collaborating with participants and their families to achieve their goals and experience success within their communities. 

Nicole has particular interest in Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) for people with complex communication needs, to have a voice in decisions that affect their daily lives.

 Krysia joined the Different Lens team in early 2024. Krysia is well regarded for her disability knowledge, having held a senior role with the Australian Network of Disability. Krysia was involved in developing online learning tools to assist disability services to improve their understanding of restrictive practice as part of the team at the office of professional practice. 

Krysia consulted with Graeme Simison in his research for the best-selling book Rosie Result and collaborated with the National Disability services in the development of their 'Zero Tolerance' restrictive practice learning bites. 

Krysia is on the board for the Weave performance group, for performers with or without a disability. 

Krysia is a passionate advocate in the areas of accessibility and in improving social and economic participation of people with a disability in employment. 

Cara is passionate about providing a neuroaffirming lens when engaging with clients and their supports, with a holistic approach.

Cara has a diverse range of experience, most recently working as a Preschool Field Officer supporting the inclusion of young children in early childhood settings for the past 9 years. 

With an education background in Teaching, Psychology, Counselling and Sand Play Therapy, Cara has worked with both children and adults across many sectors, including Community Health, and Local Government, with a strong focus on advocacy and inclusion. Cara has a particular interest in working with neurodivergent individuals and has most recently contributed to a project with The Yellow Ladybugs, developing resources to support and identify autistic girls in Early Childhood.

Zoe comes to us with experience from both legal and education fields. Zoe has experience working as an Integration Aide and enjoys supporting children to develop their skills in the area of emotion regulation. She has a passion for supporting parents and is one half of the duo running social groups for parents within the organisation, focussing on parental self-care and wellbeing. Zoe will be working closely with our Practitioners to support our participants.

James comes to us with a wealth of experience, having worked as an Integration Aide in schools for the past 7 years. James has been leading a team of aides and developing a number of important projects within the school that focussed on inclusion and building social connections for peers. James is a passionate forward thinker, he is an extremely centred person and will be assisting in the implementation of programmes run within Different Lens.

Jodie is our accounts guru.

She assists our team with all things accounts, between sending out invoices, liaising with the NDIS about PACE, following up with plan managers about line items and reconciling payments Jodie is kept busy. 

Jodie comes to us with years of experience in accounts and business management. She is currently pursuing additional studies in bookkeeping. We are very lucky to have Jodie as part of our team.